Mak Tsz Kin
April 11, 2025
Around the Qingming Festival, I came to Guangzhou to reminisce the feeling of more than 30 years ago. I searched for hotels near the old Guangzhou Railway Station on the review platform and selected Beibu Gulf, which has the most and best five-star reviews. It is also very convenient to get here from South Station by taking Line 1 and transferring to Line 8 (Chen Clan Academy). It takes less than five minutes to walk to the hotel entrance at Exit D of Xicun Station, turn right, and you will reach the Beibu Gulf Hotel, which is eight stories high, passing by Xiehe Primary School and Food Heaven. The ninth floor is the gym, laundry room and breakfast area. The front desk staff is friendly and attentive, and I upgraded my room the first time I stayed there. I went to the 8th floor king-size bed room. The room was clean and tidy. The TV could even watch Hong Kong TV, unlike 70% of the hotels in Shenzhen nowadays that cannot even watch basic local free TV stations. There are many restaurants and small stalls near the hotel, as well as fresh fruit shops and small shops. There are many cheap and standard restaurants in the small community opposite the Concord Primary School. The clean wonton and beef brisket rice in the wonton noodle shop are delicious. The hotel is very cheap, and the transportation is convenient and the environment is well-equipped. The cost performance is quite high, but the sound insulation between the rooms is a little poor and the hot water bath is not enough. At two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, the neighbors coughed and made noises. I checked out at more than eight o'clock the next morning because I was in a hurry to catch up with my schedule. Maybe this hotel is located in Yuexiu District, the old city of Guangzhou, with convenient and cheap transportation. It needs to develop multilateral business under the Sino-US tariff war. I saw many Africans and Indians and Pakistanis staying in this Beibu Gulf Hotel. I also met many Nordic people when I walked to Tianhe District. They can speak super fluent Mandarin. I am friendly to Indians and Pakistanis. Next time I go to Guangzhou, I will still choose Beibu Gulf Hotel.
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